Dimitri Nasrallah
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Dimitri Nasrallah | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1977 (age 47–48) Lebanon |
| Occupation | writer and academic |
| Nationality | Canadian |
Dimitri Nasrallah (born 1977) is a Lebanese Canadian writer and academic.[1] He is most noted for his 2022 novel Hotline, which was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize.[2]
Born in Lebanon in the early years of the Lebanese Civil War, Nasrallah's family took refuge in Cyprus and Greece before immigrating to Montreal in 1988.[3][4]
His debut novel, Blackbodying, was published in 2004,[5] and was the winner of the McAuslan First Book Prize from the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards in 2005.[6] His second novel, Niko, was published in 2011,[7] and his third novel, The Bleeds, followed in 2018.[8] His latest book, Hotline, published in 2022, was selected for the 2023 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by Gurdeep Pandher.[9]
Nasrallah is also a professor of creative writing at Concordia University,[1][4] and the chief editor for Esplanade Books, the fiction imprint of Véhicule Press.[10]